Method of making welt-shoes.



M. J. MOLONEY.

METHOD OF MAKING WELT SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5. I915.

1,206,01 8. Patented Nov. 28, mm.

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M. J. MOLONEY.

METHOD OF MAKING WELT SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1915.

1 ,206,0 1 8. Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Z6. "Q ire/1 MICHAEL J. MOL ONEY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

METHOD OF MAKING WELT-SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

\ Application filed February 5, 1915. Serial Ito. 6,298.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. MOLONEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Making Welt-Shoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in method of making welt shoes.

The object of my invention is to provide I an improved method of making a welt shoe in which the upper after being placed upon the last is kept thereon until the shoe is completed and at the same time providing means whereby the upper will retain its proper shape on the last while the sole is being attached to the welt.

Another object of my invention is to provide a method for making a simple, cheap and more efiective soft sole shoe.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective bottom view of my improved shoe made in accordance with my method and showing the sole, inner sole and upper'partly broken away." Fig. 2 is a bottom perspective of Fig. 1, showing the outer sole turned upwardly and also the filling to show the inner sole in position. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional View showing a modified form of shoe manufactured under my improved method in which an intermediate sole is employed. Fig.4 is a bottom perspective view of the shoe shown in Fig. 3 showing the middle sole cemented to the welt. Fig. '5 is a perspective view of an upper on the last and showing the inner sole tacked and also the upper tacked to the last, which is the first step of my improved method. Fig-6 is a sectional view showing the tacks removed and showing the welt glued to the inner sole, which is the second step of my improved method. Fig. 7 is a bottom perspective view, showing the welt laced to the inner sole for holding the upper in its proper position instead of tacking the welt, as in the form shown in Fig. 5.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the upper of my improved shoe which is of the ordinary form and which has secured'thereto by means of a row of stitching 2, the welt 3, all of which is well understood by those skilled in the art.

In order to make the invention clear, I will describe the manner in which the welt is secured to the upper. The welt 3 is made of a continuous strip and stitched to the upper when the same is in vertical position and after being stitched the welt is turned downwardly in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2, which throws the welt outwardly beyond-the edge of the upper to form an extension sole as is well understood and to which is stitched the outer sole. In shoes of this character, it has heretofore been difiicult to fasten the sole to the welt and hold the shoe in its proper shape during this attaching operation. I have by my improved method dispensed with fasteningthe welt to the last and holding it in such a position during the stitching of the outer sole to the upper and yet provide means whereby the upper cannot stretch out of shape while the outer sole is being secured to the welt. After the welt has been secured to the upper, as heretofore described, a last is inserted in the -upper and the welt assumes the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings. Preferably before the last is inserted in the shoe, an inner sole 4 is tacked to the last by means of the tacks 4, it being understood that the upper is wet when the last is inserted. The welt is then secured to the last and the inner sole by means of the tacks 5' and the upper allowed to dry. After the upper has dried suffioiently to retain its proper shape, the tacks 5 are removed and glue is placed under the welt and thus fastening the welt to the outer J face of the inner sole, as fully shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. After the glue that is placed under the welt has hardened sufficiently to hold it to the insole, a filling 5 is then cemented on the lower face of the inner sole within the edges of the welt 3 and flush with the lower face thereof. The outer sole.

6 is made of theproper shape to conform with the shoe to which it isto be attached and is then glued to'the lower face of the welt with its outer edges flush with the outer edge of the welt. This fastening of the outer sole to the welt alsoserves as-an additional means for retaining the upper in its proper shape during the stitching of the outer sole before stitching the outer sole to the Welt as shown in Fig. 7 The outer sole, as heretofore described, is preferably cemented to the Welt and if the Welt and upper have byaccident or for any reason been forced out of shape, the Welt is drawn in or out to bring its outer edge in alinement with the edge of the outer sole. As heretofore stated, the cementing of the Welt and the outer sole securely holds the shoe in its proper shape while it is being stitched.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the method of making the shoe is absolutely the same as that heretofore described, but in order to rigidly hold the upper in its proper position While the outer sole is being attached and thus preventing the cementing of the sole to the Welt, I have provided a middle sole 8, which is cemented to the outer face of the Welt 3 With its edges flush with that of the Welt, it being understood, of course, that the middle sole is cut the proper shape to form the proper shaped shoe. After the inner sole has been cemented to the lower face of the Welt, the outer sole is stitched through the middle sole to the Welt. The outer sole being the same size and shape as the inner sole during the stitching operation, it will be understood that the edgesthe middle sole and outer sole are held so that they are flush.

From the foregoing description it Will be seen that I have constructed a shoe in Which the upper is held upon the last from the time it is placed thereon in its soaked or Wet condition until the shoe is completed and Having thus described my inventiomwhat v I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The method of making a shoe comprising securing an inner sole to the bottom of a last, inserting the last in a tempered upper having a Welt secured thereto, securing the Welt to the inner sole and the last, allowing the upper to dry, cementing the inner sole to the upper face of the welt and stitching an outer sole to the Welt.

2. The method of making a shoe comprising securing an inner sole to the bottom of a last, inserting the last in a tempered upper having a welt secured thereto, tacking the Welt to the inner sole and the last, allowing the upper to dry, removing the tacks, cementing the welt to the inner sole and securing an outer sole to the welt.

3. The method of making a shoe comprising tacking an inner sole to a last, inserting the last in a tempered upper having a welt secured thereto, tacking the welt to the last through the insole. allowing the upper to dry thoroughly, removing the tacks from the Welt, cementing the welt to the inner sole, cementing a filler to the bottom of the inner sole, cementing an outer sole to the Welt, and stitching the welt and the outer sole together.

4. The method of making a shoe comprising securing an inner sole to the bottom of a last, inserting the last in a tempered upper having a Welt secured thereto. tacking the upper to the last, cementing a filler to the bottom of the insole, cementing an outer sole to the Welt, and stitching the \velt and outer sole together.

Intestimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL J. MOLONEY.

Witnesses RICHARD E. EVANS, WALTER M. HILL. 

